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Officeholders

Charles Copley Gerdes

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-08-27 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$485,000
Income listed$0
Real estate$684,000
Debts listed$160,000
Worth a look1

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Missing or incomplete

No income listed (marked “N/A”), and no tax return attached

Income must be disclosed either by listing each source over $1,000 or by attaching the federal tax return. Neither appears here.

What to check
  • Check the income page of the original. Only the filer's own income over $1,000 is required, so someone supported by a spouse or serving unpaid may genuinely have nothing to list.

Rule: No income listed and no tax return
“For purposes of reporting your income, you have the option of either completing this section or submitting a copy of your”2024 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($100,000) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

“Retirement Account” ($100,000) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $485,000; listed items add up to $1,120,000

Reported net worth: $485,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,120,000. A difference is normal: net worth also counts assets and debts that aren't listed individually (items under $1,000, credit cards, taxes), and the instructions say subtracting listed liabilities from listed assets won't give an accurate figure in most cases.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of it

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Copley Gerdes LLC. That section covers banks, insurers, mortgage and small-loan companies, utilities, alcohol licensees, pari-mutuels and holders of city or county franchises — industries where officials' interests are disclosed separately.

What to check
  • Check whether the office sought oversees or contracts with these industries.
  • Look the businesses up on Sunbiz for officers and registered agents.

Rule: Stakes in closely regulated businesses
“The types of businesses covered in this section include: state and federally chartered banks”2024 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

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Other filings by Charles Copley Gerdes

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-07-16$350,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,264,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $160,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $0 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

Reported as “N/A”.

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

#1 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T14:26:26+00:00
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
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